Technology Companies: Immigration Issue and Silicon Valley

technology companies: Temporary worker permits for high-skilled workers are known as H-1Bs, and leaks of draft executive orders, still unverified, suggest Trump might revamp the program, which has allowed Silicon Valley companies to bring foreigners with technical skills to the U.S. for three to six years, according to CBC. Currently the system is lottery based, and capped at 85,000 workers a year. The immigration issue is especially problematic for Silicon Valley, the southern San Francisco Bay area where many startup and global technology companies are based, as the industry increasingly relies on foreign engineers and other technical experts for a sizable percentage of its workforce. Trump pushes Big 3 to build more cars in America While the tech industry insists the H1-B program is vital, it has drawn fire for allegedly disadvantaging American programmers and engineers, especially given that the visas are widely used by outsourcing firms. Trump's actions are hurting Netflix employees around the world, and are so un American it pains us all.'- Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO I share your concerns about Trump's immigration order, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in a memo to employees that was obtained by The Associated Press. Trump's attorney general nominee, Senator Jeff Sessions, is a longtime critic of the program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.